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                        IntroducedFeb 11, 2025
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                        Passed SenateApr 10, 2025
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                        Passed House
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                        Signed into Law
 
                    
                    
                    Restoration of Voting Rights; notification to convicted individuals seeking restoration; Pardons and Paroles Board required to notify individuals and Secretary of State when voting rights restored
                
                
            
        Last Action See all actions
                         House • May 01, 2025: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
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                Votes
                        YES: 27
                                                
                                        - Tim Melson
 - Tom Butler
 - Arthur Orr
 - Garlan Gudger
 - Larry Stutts
 - Sam Givhan
 - Steve Livingston
 - Andrew Jones
 - Dan Roberts
 - J. T. 'Jabo' Waggoner
 - Shay Shelnutt
 - Rodger M. Smitherman
 - Linda Coleman-Madison
 - Gerald H. Allen
 - Greg Albritton
 - William M. Beasley
 - Donnie Chesteen
 - Clyde Chambliss
 - Chris Elliott
 - David Sessions
 - Robert Stewart
 - Lance Bell
 - Keith Kelley
 - Jay Hovey
 - Josh Carnley
 - Merika Coleman
 - Wes Kitchens
 
NO: 0
                                            NOT VOTING: 7
                                                        YES: 27
                                                
                                        - Tim Melson
 - Tom Butler
 - Arthur Orr
 - Garlan Gudger
 - Larry Stutts
 - Sam Givhan
 - Steve Livingston
 - Andrew Jones
 - Dan Roberts
 - J. T. 'Jabo' Waggoner
 - Shay Shelnutt
 - Rodger M. Smitherman
 - Linda Coleman-Madison
 - Gerald H. Allen
 - Greg Albritton
 - William M. Beasley
 - Donnie Chesteen
 - Clyde Chambliss
 - Chris Elliott
 - David Sessions
 - Robert Stewart
 - Lance Bell
 - Keith Kelley
 - Jay Hovey
 - Josh Carnley
 - Merika Coleman
 - Wes Kitchens
 
NO: 0
                                            NOT VOTING: 7
                                                        YES: 27
                                                
                                        - Tim Melson
 - Tom Butler
 - Arthur Orr
 - Garlan Gudger
 - Larry Stutts
 - Sam Givhan
 - Steve Livingston
 - Andrew Jones
 - Dan Roberts
 - J. T. 'Jabo' Waggoner
 - Shay Shelnutt
 - Rodger M. Smitherman
 - Linda Coleman-Madison
 - Gerald H. Allen
 - Greg Albritton
 - William M. Beasley
 - Donnie Chesteen
 - Clyde Chambliss
 - Chris Elliott
 - David Sessions
 - Robert Stewart
 - Lance Bell
 - Keith Kelley
 - Jay Hovey
 - Josh Carnley
 - Merika Coleman
 - Wes Kitchens
 
NO: 0
                                            NOT VOTING: 7
                                                        Actions
            - May 01, 2025 | House
- Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
 
 - Apr 30, 2025 | House
- Judiciary 1st Amendment 114R1ZL-1 (Judiciary)
 - Reported Out of Committee Second House 5VESAM6-1 (Judiciary)
 
 - Apr 10, 2025 | House
- Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary
 - Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)
 
 - Apr 10, 2025 | Senate
- BIR520 for SB153, Passed by House of Origin
 - Third Reading in House of Origin
 - Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 659
 
 - Apr 03, 2025 | Senate
- Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
 
 - Apr 02, 2025 | Senate
- Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
 
 - Feb 11, 2025 | Senate
- Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary
 - Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Judiciary)
 
 

